An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.
- Nicolas Winding Refn(story by)
- Mary Laws(screenplay by)
- Polly Stenham(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Nicolas Winding Refn(story by)
- Mary Laws(screenplay by)
- Polly Stenham(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Nicolas Winding Refn(story by) (screenplay by)
- Mary Laws(screenplay by)
- Polly Stenham(screenplay by)
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- TriviaThe film was shot in chronological order, and the ending was created and improvised on-set, according to Elle Fanning.
- GoofsWhen Jesse locks her motel room door about halfway through the movie, the deadbolt goes from locked to unlocked and back to locked between shots.
- Alternate versionsThe theatrical R-rated version and unrated version are different only in the second morgue scene as follows: (A) Female genital nudity is depicted 1 hour 29 minutes and 0 seconds into the film. In the R rated version (which played in US theaters), when Ruby was kissing the corpse (played by a female actress), the bottom of the frame showed the upper half of the vulva (inclusive of somewhat blurred labia, due to the camera focus on the kissing). In the "unrated" version (NOT the theatrical version or the director's narrative - which both emulate the R rated version seen in US theaters), that same moment depicts VERY clear labial exposure (as in medical clarity, yet artistically depicted). (B) Note that the unrated version also shows Ruby's hand brush along the genitalia as it sweeps up to the left breast (R rated version prolongs the cut-away to the Jessie fantasy shot), and also depicts Ruby bouncing on the corpse as she reaches orgasm (while the R rated version shows only the close up of her face). The foley work and soundtrack during the unrated morgue scene are subtly but noticeably different. In short, the unrated cut sounds a lot more "squishy" with ample "smacking" sounds. The uncut version appears to be available through iTunes only, despite being an Amazon production,which you can find here: https://itunes.apple.com/mt/movie/the-neon-demon/id1129719992 (That means if you want to watch it on a TV you'll need an AppleTV to play it).
- SoundtracksNeon Demon
Composed by Cliff Martinez and Peter G. Adams
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A journey with no destination
The first time I watched this in cinema, I really , really hated it and even booed when the credits came up.
Everybody who thinks Refn is one of the most pretentious filmmakers out there might get validated on this one. Yeah, the movie is pretentious none of the metaphors cut deep here. THis movie won't tell you anything new about, Hollywood or the industry that keeps exploiting and eating women to this day.
But to be fair, what I like about Refn is HOW he tells his stories. And he has found his own unique stlye like David Lynch. He creates this world that seems like our world but it's not. There's an underlying uneasy feeling that this might be a fairytale and any minute a crazy creature could appear on the screen (DRIVE, Only God Forgives have the same quality). That is something that other directors like Villeneuve didn't get quite right in the ending of a film like ENEMY, I'm pretty sure Refn would have made that one work.
So yes, on second rewatch years later I appreciate much more what the movie is and not what it wants to say. Purely because of the tone and ambiance. Which is truly unique nowadays, there aren't many filmmakers out there with that kind of sensibility or vision.
Everybody who thinks Refn is one of the most pretentious filmmakers out there might get validated on this one. Yeah, the movie is pretentious none of the metaphors cut deep here. THis movie won't tell you anything new about, Hollywood or the industry that keeps exploiting and eating women to this day.
But to be fair, what I like about Refn is HOW he tells his stories. And he has found his own unique stlye like David Lynch. He creates this world that seems like our world but it's not. There's an underlying uneasy feeling that this might be a fairytale and any minute a crazy creature could appear on the screen (DRIVE, Only God Forgives have the same quality). That is something that other directors like Villeneuve didn't get quite right in the ending of a film like ENEMY, I'm pretty sure Refn would have made that one work.
So yes, on second rewatch years later I appreciate much more what the movie is and not what it wants to say. Purely because of the tone and ambiance. Which is truly unique nowadays, there aren't many filmmakers out there with that kind of sensibility or vision.
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